Dynamic lighting can add an exciting level of immersion when implemented correctly and the Raspberry Pi is often the perfect vessel for adding more control over LED-focused projects. Today we’re looking at a clever creation shared to Reddit from maker Matthew Gregory who is using a Raspberry Pi to change the color of an LED…
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Lexar has introduced its new lineup of SSDs that bring together extreme performance, a graphene heat spreader, and extended longevity. The Professional NM800 drives are designed primarily for high-performance desktops and inexpensive mobile or desktop workstations that can benefit from its characteristics. Interestingly, the SSDs are not too expensive too. Designed to compete with the…
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Raspberry Pi computers, even the diminutive Raspberry Pi Zero, have long been used as emulators. Thanks to software like RetroPie (see how to install RetroPie on a Raspberry Pi), you can run games and apps from old computers dating back to the 1970s and 80s. Unlike other Raspberry Pi SBCs, which run Linux on chips…
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AMD recently released a Far Cry 6 featurette where the chipmaker showed off some of the technologies that went into making the game. The most interesting part of the video shows how FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) provides a very substantial performance uplift in the game. Far Cry 6 is an AMD title after all so…
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Today’s best Logitech G435 Lightspeed Wireless deals When buying on a budget, you have to decide which features you’re willing to cut to keep prices in line. Logitech’s G435 Lightspeed Wireless Gaming Headset is like a solid economy sportscar: It’s reasonably quick, with a low-latency connection. It’s also lightweight and energy efficient, and it looks…
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Cornell-educated Maynard Handley, one of the developers behind Apple’s Quick Time, has shared a 350 page PDF analyzing the inner workings of the M1 ARM chip. The document (current version 0.7) dives deep into the M1 architecture from a reverse-engineering perspective and is heavily fed by other professionals and enthusiasts in the field. Apple’s M1…
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Just a few days ago, we covered that the upcoming collaboration between AMD and Samsung is gearing up to deliver the first Exynos 2200 SoC with RDNA2 graphics paired with Arm-based CPU cores. Today, more information surfaced about the alleged clock speeds of the RDNA2 GPU itself, perhaps giving us a better understanding of things…
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OpenSea today revealed that one of its executives, whom The Block identified as head of product Nate Chastain, used insider knowledge to buy digital art pieces that were set to be featured on the company’s non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace. NFTs are basically crypto tokens meant to indicate that someone owns a particular artwork. Practically everything…
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China-based Jingjia Micro has taped out its next-generation JM9 graphics processing units. The new GPUs will reportedly offer performance comparable to that of Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 10-series ‘Pascal’ GPUs launched in 2016. The new GPUs will hit the market sometime next year. Jingjia Micro’s JM9 family consists of two GPUs: the entry-level JM9231 featuring a 2 FP32…
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We love giant displays, so when news of a 26 x 20.5 inch mega-display which uses 500 seven segment LED displays and is powered by a Raspberry Pi 4 reached our ears via Hackaday, we were irresistibly drawn. The Raspberry Pi is much more than a credit card sized computer, and here we can see…
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